News from the School of IAS
Ted Hiebert and Jin-Kyu Jung: Mapping haunted data
IAS faculty members Ted Hiebert and Jin-Kyu Jung presented recent work on haunted data at the 2019 meeting of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSA). Their paper, "Mapping haunted data: Occultations of psychogeography," shared experiments with the concept of haunted data ...
November 15, 2019
Mary Jane Topash educates the public on the thrivance of Native communities in the Pacific Northwest
Mary Jane Topash (Tulalip and Potawatomi) was working full-time at the Hibulb Cultural Center in Tulalip when she was completing her M.A. in Cultural Studies (‘17) at the University of Washington Bothell. It was during this time when Mary Jane gained interest in addressing issues of (mis)representation and the commodification of Indigenous people in museums. She explained ...
November 14, 2019
Jennifer Atkinson speaks on eco-anxiety
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson spoke on the topic of eco-anxiety at an event sponsored by the City of Seattle's Office of Arts and Culture. Presenting alongside Clayton Aldern, a data scientist and writer for the environmental magazine Grist, Atkinson traced connections between climate change, environmental degradation, and mental health.
November 12, 2019
Ching-In Chen awarded Contemplative Social Justice Scholar grant
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen has been awarded a grant as a Contemplative Social Justice Scholar to attend the 2019 Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education conference at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The 2019 ACMHE conference is focused on Radical Well-Being in Higher Education: Approaches for Renewal, Justice, and Sustainability and will share how contemplative practices, including ...
November 12, 2019
Students and elders with early-stage memory loss connect through art
IAS faculty member Deborah Hathaway has partnered with Edmonds Center for the Arts and Silver Kite Community Arts to offer elders and UW Bothell freshmen the intergenerational course, “Making Art Together.” Through the course, older adults facing early-stage memory loss will work collaboratively with UW Bothell students to share their experiences and transform their stories into short theatrical performances. UW Bothell students ...
November 5, 2019
Katherine Voyles on James Mattis, ecology & religion, and national defense in culture
IAS faculty member Katherine Voyles recently published on the re-emergence into public life of General James Mattis for Small Wars Journal. She also participated in a conference on “Ecology and Religion in 19th Century Studies,” and appeared on the podcast Trumpcast to discuss issues of national defense in culture and the cultures of national defense.
November 4, 2019
Ching-In Chen curates a series of new poems in response to a New Asian Futurisms exhibit
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen has curated a series of new poems in response to a New Asian Futurisms exhibit currently on display at Philadelphia’s Asian Arts Initiative through December 6. In New Asian Futurisms, artists re-repaired the imaginations of fragmented pasts and observed multiple histories of diverse communities in looking forward to the future. In their work ...
November 1, 2019
Shibuki Hanai discusses his Public Management Fellowship with City of Hillsboro
IAS alum Shibuki Hanai (‘14, ’18) has been serving as a Public Management Fellow for the City of Hillsboro, Oregon since July. This fellowship is designed for emerging leaders with a strong commitment to public service and provides a breadth of experience in local government. Hanai talked with IAS News about his motivations to seek the fellowship and how his interdisciplinary education prepared him for this experience.
October 31, 2019
Alumni Shout Out!
Danny Molvik (Society, Ethics & Human Behavior, ’04, Policy Studies, ’07) is a Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon working on their mobile shopping app. Hillary U (Culture, Literature & the Arts; Society, Ethics & Human Behavior, ’10) has joined Amazon Web Services as their Senior Communications & Operations Manager for EC2 Business Development. Woogee Bae (Creative Writing & Poetics, ’19) has joined Seattle Arts & Lectures as a Donor Relations Associate. Ray Corona (Society, Ethics & Human Behavior, ’13) visited Julie Shayne and ...
October 30, 2019
Jennifer Atkinson presents research on eco-anxiety, climate grief and pretraumatic stress
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson presented her research on eco-anxiety, climate grief and pretraumatic stress at the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Speaking to an audience of climate educators, students, university administrators and environmental justice activists, her panel shared emerging research in higher education showing that young people carry an increasing emotional response of fear, anger, frustration, and sadness in response to climate disruption.
October 30, 2019